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A4060 Basel waste code Oily water, fuel-water mixes & emulsions.

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A4060, Oil or hydrocarbon mixed with water.

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    Oil or hydrocarbon mixed with water

Use A4060 for oil or hydrocarbon mixed with water as a presumptively hazardous Basel waste.

Listed withBasel List A codes

Basel List A waste of oil and water mixed, hydrocarbon and water mixtures & emulsions, such as oily bilge water & used coolants.

Is Basel A4060 hazardous waste?

Normally yes. Basel A4060 is a List A description, so the material counts as hazardous unless evidence shows it has no Annex III hazardous characteristic. The description and any exclusions still have to match.

For federally regulated international shipments, the applicant enters the waste classification in the waste-line details of the federal notification in CNMTS. Check the movement rules and exclusions.

What does Basel A4060 cover?

Covers discarded oil-and-water or hydrocarbon-and-water mixtures, including emulsions.

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Is oily water or an emulsion Basel A4060?

CodeWhen it fits
A4060Discarded oil-and-water or hydrocarbon-and-water mixtures, including emulsions.

Pick the entry whose description and conditions match the waste. The code classifies the waste. It doesn't settle whether SOR/2021-25 applies, what it excludes, what the destination country controls or the intended operation.

Which codes sit beside Basel A4060?

CodeWhat it is
A4020Clinical, treatment and medical-research waste
A4030Biocide and crop-treatment product waste
A4040Wood-preservative process waste
A4050Cyanide-bearing waste
A4070Ink, dye, pigment, paint or finish process waste
A4080Explosive waste outside List B
A4090Acidic or alkaline solution outside List B
A4100Industrial off-gas control waste

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